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    • Overview
      Learn about VergeOS’ unique unfied architecture that integrates virtualization, storage, networking, AI, backup and DR into a single data center operating system
    • Infrastructure Wide Deduplication
      VergeOS transforms deduplication from a storage-only commodity into a native, infrastructure-wide capability that spans storage, virtualization, and networking, eliminating hidden resource taxes
    • VergeFS
      VergeFS is a distributed, high-performance global file system integrated into VergeOS, unifying storage across nodes, tiers, and workloads while eliminating the need for external SANs
    • VergeFabric
      VergeFabric is VergeOS’s integrated virtual networking layer, delivering high-speed, low-latency communication across nodes while eliminating the complexity of traditional network configurations.
    • Infrastructure Automation
      VergeOS integrates Packer, Terraform, and Ansible to deliver an end-to-end automation pipeline that eliminates infrastructure drift and enables predictable, scalable deployments.
    • VergeIQ
      Unlock secure, on-premises generative AI—natively integrated into VergeOS. With VergeIQ, your enterprise gains private AI capabilities without the complexity, cloud dependency, or token-based pricing.
  • Features
    • Virtual Data Centers
      A VergeOS Virtual Data Center (VDC) is a fully isolated, self-contained environment within a single VergeOS instance that includes its own compute, storage, networking, and management controls
    • High Availability
      VergeOS provides a unified, easy-to-manage infrastructure that ensures continuous high availability through automated failover, storage efficiency, clone-like snapshots, and simplified disaster recovery
    • ioClone
      ioClone utilizes global inline deduplication and a blockchain-inspired file system within VergeFS to create instant, independent, space-efficient, and immutable snapshots of individual VMs, volumes, or entire virtual data centers.
    • ioReplicate
      ioReplicate is a unified disaster-recovery solution that enables simple, cost-efficient DR testing and failover via three‑click recovery of entire Virtual Data Centers—including VMs, networking, and storage.
    • ioFortify
      ioFortify creates immutable, restorable VDC checkpoints and provides proactive ransomware detection with instant alerts for rapid recovery and response.
    • ioMigrate
      ioMigrate enables large-scale VMware migrations, automating the rehosting of hundreds of VMs (including networking settings) in seconds with minimal downtime by seamlessly transitioning entire VMware environments onto existing hardware stacks.
    • ioProtect
      ioProtect offers near-real-time replication of VMware VMs—including data, network, and compute configurations—to a remote disaster‑recovery site on existing hardware, slashing DR costs by over 60% while supporting seamless failover and testing in an efficient, turnkey VergeOS Infrastructure.
    • ioOptimize
      ioOptimize leverages AI and machine learning to seamlessly integrate new and old hardware and automatically migrate workloads from aging or failing servers.
    • ioGuardian
      ioGuardian is VergeIO’s built-in data protection and recovery capability, providing near-continuous backup and rapid VM recovery during multiple simultaneous drive or server failures.
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      VergeOS offers seamless migration from VMware, enhancing performance and scalability by consolidating virtualization, storage, and networking into a single, efficient platform.
    • Hyperconverged Alternative
      VergeIO’s page introduces ultraconverged infrastructure (UCI) via VergeOS, which overcomes HCI limitations by supporting external storage, scaling compute and storage independently, using existing hardware, simplifying provisioning, boosting resiliency, and cutting licensing costs.
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      VergeIO’s storage by replacing aging SAN/NAS systems within its ultraconverged infrastructure, enhancing security, scalability, and affordability.
    • Infrastructure Modernization
      Legacy infrastructure is fragmented, complex, and costly, built from disconnected components. VergeOS unifies virtualization, storage, networking, data protection, and AI into one platform, simplifying operations and reducing expenses.
    • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
      VergeOS for VDI delivers a faster, more affordable, and easier-to-manage alternative to traditional VDI setups—offering organizations the ability to scale securely with reduced overhead
    • Secure Research Computing
      VergeIO's Secure Research Computing solution combines speed, isolation, compliance, scalability, and resilience in a cohesive platform. It’s ideal for institutions needing segmented, compliant compute environments that are easy to deploy, manage, and recover.
    • Venues, Remote Offices, and Edge
      VergeOS delivers resiliency and centralized management across Edge, ROBO, and Venue environments. With one platform, IT can keep remote sites independent while managing them all from a single pane of glass.
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      • From VMware to Private CloudThe conventional wisdom for moving from VMware to private cloud is swapping hypervisors. The better path consolidates infrastructure into integrated platforms. Organizations running four or more servers gain unified management, hardware flexibility, and efficiency improvements that hypervisor replacement cannot deliver.
      • What is a Private Cloud OS?Most VMware alternatives focus on hypervisor swaps. That preserves expensive storage arrays, proprietary networking, and complex operations costing 5X more than licensing. A Private Cloud OS virtualizes the entire data center as one system, eliminating complexity rather than hiding it behind automation.
      • VxRail Alternatives and VMware ExitsDell directs VxRail customers toward Dell Private Cloud, which reintroduces infrastructure complexity by requiring new servers and external storage arrays. VergeOS runs on existing VxRail hardware, consolidating VMware, vSAN, and networking into a single unified platform without requiring hardware replacement or storage migration projects.
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Rated DCIG Top 5 VMware Alternative

The Private Cloud OS

that modernizes your stack

Five products become one:

  • Virtualization
  • Data Protection
  • Storage
  • Automation
  • Network

VergeOS integrates these five products into a single OS that runs on your existing servers — so you can migrate from VMware in minutes, cut infrastructure costs by half, and future-proof your data center.

70%
Capex/Opex Reduction
1
Codebase, GUI, API
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Industry Validated

DCIG Top 5 VMware Alternatives 2026 MES Midmarket 100 2025 CRN Storage 100 2025 DCIG Top 5 VMware vSphere Alternatives 2024-25

Trusted By Enterprise IT Teams

What is a Private Cloud OS?

A Private Cloud OS virtualizes the entire data center — compute, storage, networking, backup, and DR — into a single operating system that runs on standard x86 servers. Instead of assembling five products from five vendors, your team manages them on a single platform through a single console. The difference looks like this:

Before VergeOS
  • Hypervisor Vendor 1
  • Storage Array or vSAN Vendor 2
  • Networking Overlay Vendor 3
  • Backup Software Vendor 4
  • DR & Security Tools Vendor 5

Five vendors. Five consoles. Five renewal cycles. Every integration point is a potential break point.

With VergeOS
  • ✓ Compute & Virtualization
  • ✓ Storage (VergeFS)
  • ✓ Networking (VergeFabric)
  • ✓ Backup & Snapshots
  • ✓ DR & Ransomware Protection

One OS. One console. Integrated at the kernel level. Standard x86 servers. No refresh cycle.

Dive Deeper into the advantages of a Private Cloud OS

Why VergeOS?

Built Different. No Layers.

VergeOS replaces VMware, vSAN, and NSX with a single integrated operating system.
No separate licenses. No complex integrations. No vendor lock-in.

Migrate in Minutes

Integrated migration moves hundreds of VMware VMs in seconds using change block tracking. Fast cutovers. No extended maintenance windows.

Use Your Servers

No forklift upgrade required. VergeOS runs on your current servers, extending their useful life and eliminating capital expenditure.

Optimize RAM

Avoid the RAM supercycle. 50% less RAM per VergeOS VM vs. VMware VM. Deduplicated RAM caching. No RAM cache needed per VM.

Global Deduplication

Infrastructure-wide global inline deduplication across storage, VMs, RAM and backups reduces capacity requirements by up to 4× without performance impact.

Virtual Data Centers

Isolate workloads, customers, or environments with secure, nested multi-tenancy, each with dedicated compute, storage, and networking resources.

Ransomware Protection

Create unlimited immutable snapshots. Detect anomalies before encryption spreads. Recover entire data centers in minutes.

Customer Results

Measured Impact

Real outcomes from organizations that made the move to VergeOS

Zero Downtime

"We migrated our entire VMware environment to VergeOS with zero downtime. The migration tools made a six-month project take a few days."

Alinsco Insurance

VMware to VergeOS Migration

85% Cost Reduction

"By reusing existing servers and eliminating separate storage and backup licenses, we cut infrastructure expenses by 85% while gaining capabilities we never had."

Pfeiffer University

Infrastructure Modernization

4x Deduplication

"The global deduplication is remarkable. We're seeing 4:1 ratios across our environment, which means our existing storage goes much further than before."

Girtz Industries

VxRail Replacement

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